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President Donald Trump has signaled he’s prepared to speak directly with Nicolás Maduro while refusing to rule out all military options — a posture that perfectly mixes negotiation with the muscle the left refuses to believe in. This is not flip-flopping; it is smart diplomacy backed by strength, the kind of leadership that keeps America safer and gets results.
Washington has quietly ramped up a robust military presence in the Caribbean, deploying warships, Marines and advanced aircraft as part of efforts to choke off narco-trafficking and protect our hemisphere. Those moves have included targeted strikes on suspected drug-running vessels, actions that risk criticism from coastal ivory-tower critics but actually save American lives.
On cable this week Lt. Col. Darren Gaub explained the administration’s broader strategy, linking President Trump’s outreach to world leaders — including a call with China’s Xi — to leverage negotiations with rogue regimes like Maduro’s. Talking is smart when you have power to back it up; the alternative is appeasement and a region that drifts further into hostile, authoritarian control.
Patriots should cheer the administration’s designation of narco-state networks as terrorist organizations and the pressure campaign that follows, because words without consequences are never enough. For too long, weak policies allowed cartels and tyrants to prey on our citizens; finally someone in Washington is prioritizing Americans over fashionable hand-wringing.
Of course the left and the media shriek when force is mentioned, preferring virtue-signaling to victory, but their reflexive pacifism only invites more chaos on our borders and blood on American streets. Real security requires readiness, resolve, and leaders who will use diplomacy but never be afraid to act when our national interest is at stake.
Americans should demand a clear-eyed strategy: back tough, targeted pressure; welcome talks when they produce results; and never cede influence in our hemisphere to hostile foreign powers. If our leaders combine strength with smart negotiation, we can defeat the cartels, restore stability to the region, and protect the American people from the threats too many in Washington still refuse to confront.
